Brain Development Flashcards
1
Q
How much brain growth is a baby born with?
A
25%
2
Q
By age 2, what is the brain growth?
A
75%
3
Q
Neurotransmitters
A
Chemical substances that communicate through a neuron
4
Q
Neural Circuits
A
• Cluster of neurons working together to handle particular types of information
5
Q
Myelination
A
- Infancy to adolescence in some areas in the brain until young adults
- layer of fatty, waxy cells
- On going pattern
- Growth patterns
6
Q
Adolescent brain development
A
- Myelination of speech; motor centers
* development in pre-frontal cortex (moral judgment, reasoning)
7
Q
Brain structure
A
- 2 hemispheres
- Forebrain
- Cerebral cortex
- Corpus collosum
- Temporal lobe
- Frontal lobe
- Occipital lobe
- Parietal lobe
8
Q
Cerebral cortex
A
- layers of cells
- thinking
- language
- perception
9
Q
Corpus collosum
A
• Connects left & right hemisphere
10
Q
Temporal lobe
A
- hearing
- language
- visual
- some emotion
11
Q
Frontal lobe (executive functioning)
A
- decision making skills
- higher order thinking
- plan, organize
- execute
- working memory
- language
- movement
- self-control
12
Q
Occipital lobe
A
• visual
13
Q
Parietal lobe
A
- spatial
- attention
- motor skills
14
Q
Lateralization
A
- perceived specialties in right or left hemisphere
- left: speech, grammar
- right: humor, metaphor
15
Q
Complex thinking happens with…
A
communication btwn. left & right hemisphere
